Category: Special Feature
The Generational Drive to Get Better Trust the Science Behind Genetic Selection, but Follow Your Instincts
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor The cattle business, as those of you reading this are fully aware, can be tough. It can be hard physically.
TCFA Convention Confers in Cowtown Issues Galore to Consider
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With strong but jittery cattle markets, the border closed to Mexican cattle, more New World screwworm (NWS) threats, the government
ALERT AGRI DISTRIBUTORS CELEBRATES 40-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor I was on a list with several people who received an email from my friend Harvey Dann on Oct. 29.
GET A GRIPP! Contestants Share $900,000 Payout at Memorial Roping
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor In its traditional form, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping Committee in Hereford, Texas, staged one of the nation’s largest
Gearing Up to Hunt Down a Possible Screwworm Incursion Screwworm flies are moving north. Is it only a matter of time?
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It’s very likely that it’s not a matter of if but when screwworm flies cross the southern border and make
PLATTE VALLEY SADDLE SHOP
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Somewhere north of 3,000. That’s a big number. It’s a bit shadowed by time but seems accurate enough. It’s
OCA Convention Red Meat Grading, Markets Highlight Annual Meeting
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Using CT scanning, Texas Tech University (TTU) researchers are making more accurate measurements of beef carcass red meat value, something
Oklahoma National Stockyards Tradition Continues in OKC, but the Future Is Fuzzy
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor For some 115 years, the Oklahoma National Stockyards (ONSY) has been a center for calf and stocker cattle marketing. That
Producer Owned Beef Resumes Construction for Late 2028 Opening
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor After delays stalled by continued declines in U.S. beef cattle numbers, construction is back underway of Producer Owned Beef
Beef Empire Days- Cattle Working Teams Show off Their Skills
By Rachael Sebastian Contributing Editor Cattle processing usually isn’t a spectator sport. It’s not a sport at all, and rarely are there spectators. But